BIO:  Henry Kimmel, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Monaghan Township, Pg 148

HENRY KIMMEL was born September 1, 1826, to John and Susannah (Wonders) Kimmel, 
in Washington Township, and is the second of three children:  Leah, Henry and 
John.  The grandfathers of subject, David Kimmel and Henry Wonders, were natives 
of York County and both farmers.  John Kimmel, subject’s father, was born in 
Washington Township in 1793, and was the owner of two farms, and died in 1853.  
Our subject, at the age of twenty-five, began farming on his own account in 
Monaghan Township and at the death of his father fell heir to a fine piece of 
property of eighty-three acres, well improved with building, etc.  In 1850 he 
married Mary M., daughter of Peter and Lydia (Crone) Ference, of York County.  
The six children born to this union were named as follows:  Lydia A. (Ferry), 
Susan (Sutton), Sarah J. (Frysinger), John (deceased), Leah C. (deceased), and 
Alice (Myers).  Mr. Kimmel has held a number of local offices, and with his wife 
is a member of the Church of God.